Provide sensitive, proactive admin in edu institutes for disabled: Yogi

Time of India

21-05-2025

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Lucknow: Expressing concern over disruptive elements attempting to lead
disabled students
in schools and universities astray, Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath
on Wednesday directed officials to ensure sensitive, vigilant and proactive administrative system in educational institutions catering to '
Divyang
' youth.
Speaking at a meeting of the department of empowerment of persons with disabilities, the CM directed the officials concerned to ensure comprehensive inspections of all Bachpan day care centres, Mansik Mandit Ashray Kendras, integrated schools, and Mamta, Sparsh, and Sanket schools across the state.
"We must remain fully alert to ensure the safety and psychosocial protection of students. Permission for external organisations to operate in these institutions should be granted only after thorough background investigations.
Institutional frameworks must be strengthened by engaging with students and understanding their needs, and expectations of their parents," he said.
The CM said that all vacant teaching posts in these schools should be filled up on an urgent basis. "Till regular appointments are made, qualified persons can be employed through alternative arrangements, and such candidates can be given appropriate weightage in future selection processes," Yogi said.
The CM also reviewed the status of various schemes being implemented by the department and highlighted that over the past eight years, the department's budget had increased more than tenfold, "reflecting the govt's strong commitment" to the welfare of Divyang individuals.
Officials informed the CM that under the Divyangjan Pension Scheme, Rs 1,300 crore had been distributed to 11.04 lakh beneficiaries, while approximately 12,000 people affected by leprosy are receiving monthly assistance of Rs 3,000.
The CM said that a state-level campaign should be conducted to identify eligible individuals who were not receiving pensions. "Action should be taken against those who are availing benefits fraudulently," he added.
In the last financial year, over 31 lakh beneficiaries availed of free bus travel in UPSRTC buses. In the same period, Rs 28.93 crore was provided to 35,136 Divyang individuals for
assistive devices
like tricycles, wheelchairs, and Braille kits.
Under the Motorised Tricycle Scheme, equipment worth up to Rs 2 lakh has been supplied to 270 severely disabled beneficiaries.
The CM said that delivery of benefits from central govt schemes to eligible state beneficiaries should be done promptly and urged MPs and MLAs to contribute funds toward the Motorised Tricycle Scheme.
Reviewing the 'Cochlear Implant Scheme,' the CM stressed that its success hinges on initiating treatment from the newborn stage and instructed officials to maintain communication with the families of 214 children who received the implant and closely monitor their health progress.
Officials informed the CM that 1,390 visually, hearing, and mentally challenged children were getting necessary training and education through child day care centres across 25 districts. These centres provide education to 1,680 children via 16 special schools, seven integrated schools, and five mental rehabilitation centres.
The CM said that priority should be given to skill development-based courses at Lucknow's Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University and Chitrakoot's Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Divyang Rajya Vishwavidyalaya. He emphasized that these institutions should be promoted at the national level to attract Divyangjans from across the country.
He also instructed the officials that divyang rehabilitation centres be established on priority at all 18 divisional headquarters to provide rehabilitation, education, and skill development services locally.